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or Roman catechism, officially promulgated by the Catholic Church gathered during the Council of Trent in the 16th century. The council understood the catechism as the official manual for popular instruction, with the aim of providing an authoritative manual which was the basis for the teachings of priests to the lay faithful and which helped to affirm Catholic doctrine against the Protestant Reformation.
The explosion of the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century and the new printing technologies caused a large quantity of popular theological treatises and catechisms to spread in Europe, most of which promulgated doctrines in open contrast to the Catholic Church and considered by it to be heretical . The parish priests and priests most in direct contact with the people often did not have the theological knowledge necessary to oppose the reformatory ideals which spread rapidly and led many faithful away from the church of Rome.
CONTENTS
In the intentions of the Church the catechism, although written primarily for parish priests, was also understood as a fixed and stable scheme of teachings for the faithful, especially regarding grace; for this task the work faithfully follows the dogmatic definitions of the council. The text is divided into four parts: The Faith and its Symbol; The Sacraments; The precepts of the Decalogue; The Prayer and in particular the Our Father.
CONDITION REPORT
First edition, p. (8), 550, (22, index). Half leather binding with corners. Marbled plates. Marbled blue cuts. Signs of wear to plates, corners and hinges. Some gore on the first pages. Widespread foxing. Porous paper. Typographic brand engraved on the title page, Ex libris in sepia ink, title in calligram. Precious copper engraved drop caps and finials. Numerous author's notes in the margins.
FULL TITLE & AUTHORS
Catechismvs Ex Decree Concilii Tridentini Ad Parochos, Ante Qvidem Pii V. Pont. Max. iussu conscriptus, nunc autem in IIII. libros, certoq[ue] capita, distributus& summarijs Capitum Pluribusq[ue] ad marginem Scripturarum ac Patrum testimoniajs illustratus: mandate & authoritate Reverendiss. & Illustr. in Christo Patris ac Domini Marci Sitici S.R.E. Cardinalis, & Episcopi Constantiensis, Dominique Augiae Maioris & C. in usum Ecclesiarum Et Scholarum fui Episcopatus Constantiensis; ut proxima docebit Præfatio, nunc primùm editus
Ingolstadii, excudebat David Sartorius, 1577
AA.VV. 67058481
